tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86639232793804475172024-03-19T04:48:25.459-04:00Cake Power CakesConfectionery Tales of the City: CAKE POWER cakes by Kate Sullivan.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-7412487097014851862021-08-05T12:52:00.009-04:002021-08-05T16:30:08.487-04:00<div><h1 style="text-align: center;"> Lions and Tigers and Bears!</h1><h3 style="text-align: center;">(and Piggies and Roosters and storks, OH MY!)</h3><div style="text-align: center;">We've done a lot of animal cakes over the years and here's a survey of some of our favorites. Sometimes realistic and sometimes stylized illustrations in 3D, whether they are shaped like fish or fowl or exotic wildlife, they all have cake (and or chocolate) in their bellies. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAf0tRij-JkmAyXVTGBE8UjK2-eJc1BaFLR__EhALt-5VGR_JtnUEcwm4NcN9y5RUOI27X6nBfQ9EJdBDrxdBesPB6FJsfjKYA9QvzKl3MFj1P0t3_bobM_yZfyuYHB991Fsi-T_uoXs/s1440/lions+and+tigers+and+bears.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAf0tRij-JkmAyXVTGBE8UjK2-eJc1BaFLR__EhALt-5VGR_JtnUEcwm4NcN9y5RUOI27X6nBfQ9EJdBDrxdBesPB6FJsfjKYA9QvzKl3MFj1P0t3_bobM_yZfyuYHB991Fsi-T_uoXs/w640-h640/lions+and+tigers+and+bears.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love making feathers and fur and scales.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Modeling chocolate and fondant lend themselves to all sorts of wonderful textures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXU5ZjkA8i913JOGHfpbQRQ3DSjv-zm02fvaLpmWO8uhSnhm9STrngJs_bqfSQebrMnpdH8LVDakyGgbE_LrP__dn6SJ1xhObDVZ-HO_I0oLCTQn76OKsSVWvLT_lCZ48JlBRLNBa8ms/s926/Three+pigs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="926" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXU5ZjkA8i913JOGHfpbQRQ3DSjv-zm02fvaLpmWO8uhSnhm9STrngJs_bqfSQebrMnpdH8LVDakyGgbE_LrP__dn6SJ1xhObDVZ-HO_I0oLCTQn76OKsSVWvLT_lCZ48JlBRLNBa8ms/w640-h200/Three+pigs.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Pigs: Well really, two pigs. One giggling and one gilded. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKo8yVe9l8w2WhRZXGzFGgfvTdKsUtdaripFm6T8owoIA9bU_1-F5krsMWHidr6THzA9dVB_KBfsL2LL1ooOtvzhf7xR4QQFAOCuerSe8UHm4mDSrjMk-kBTxV4kSazmybODzj6gstiE/s1278/Rat+cake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1278" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKo8yVe9l8w2WhRZXGzFGgfvTdKsUtdaripFm6T8owoIA9bU_1-F5krsMWHidr6THzA9dVB_KBfsL2LL1ooOtvzhf7xR4QQFAOCuerSe8UHm4mDSrjMk-kBTxV4kSazmybODzj6gstiE/w640-h315/Rat+cake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A happy white rat for the lunar year of the rat<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQOjLTVL9EJvfI49tIcS9GcgsRvS8n07BX0zrGpzzkqrHPvxdDzfaT4U9NAJdzIHnVUGruOR8FFSROqnY3mcq-v6zspavNvwQ9oeWhMwzn2W_vaTRNHdD4XiGoL84z969aszTJdQ7w14/s2048/Jack+cake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQOjLTVL9EJvfI49tIcS9GcgsRvS8n07BX0zrGpzzkqrHPvxdDzfaT4U9NAJdzIHnVUGruOR8FFSROqnY3mcq-v6zspavNvwQ9oeWhMwzn2W_vaTRNHdD4XiGoL84z969aszTJdQ7w14/w640-h425/Jack+cake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goose that lays the golden eggs<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvItwIkN-xx7P5B81Mbwh9yFVDEw0eC_LG3fxnldtNAXYqkAX33nzeoaCquNIQtdBr-i2mNCkBMXljfnzJ2ME0QbccbLC9akd8XscVZ3TNfTJ8TKaF5MfPzyIhq13g3r6vNV2-kotPNlI/s1109/little+rabbit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnGv64moKY4MX92iaD4ve5bs5EnfvgfKBUPt3DL_vPH4mqHBEfgbjuw9j-BUocgM9SR1Cd8P5MoJY88tkD_YIRF3B-YzB4O64IAcJpRqETyegScpvCEfgqyAItn_2s9Qz1805pFlD1XQ/s1863/Rabbit+teapot+cake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1863" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnGv64moKY4MX92iaD4ve5bs5EnfvgfKBUPt3DL_vPH4mqHBEfgbjuw9j-BUocgM9SR1Cd8P5MoJY88tkD_YIRF3B-YzB4O64IAcJpRqETyegScpvCEfgqyAItn_2s9Qz1805pFlD1XQ/w640-h293/Rabbit+teapot+cake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White Rabbit goes blue, reimagining a wintry Alice in Wonderland scene<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTY2CgMJeKe-PwXdIizY1XQpwRzjRyRWi1QkqjWDK66ZGBIIfZ7v2ZC915Z6fu_At_EPxjtXWmVbDddv3Fov9TNRZGHijDGZAZIjXgw5Byo6YXK8e2bZMd1ZSn6G_uKA_iYelLEL7EcE/s1079/who+pushed+humpty+dumpty.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1079" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTY2CgMJeKe-PwXdIizY1XQpwRzjRyRWi1QkqjWDK66ZGBIIfZ7v2ZC915Z6fu_At_EPxjtXWmVbDddv3Fov9TNRZGHijDGZAZIjXgw5Byo6YXK8e2bZMd1ZSn6G_uKA_iYelLEL7EcE/w640-h366/who+pushed+humpty+dumpty.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm such a fan of children's book illustrations! This cake was made for a launch party for a book called <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/100651/who-pushed-humpty-dumpty-by-david-levinthal-illustrated-by-john-nickle/" target="_blank"><u>Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty</u></a> written by (my husband ♡) David Levinthal and illustrated by John Nickle "There are eight million stories in the forest. This is one of them."<br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzNcPowmUZrb1Sh4A_s9bbRWapaDjHPmHE96B0kU95XxyUv38eKZiF9es5IoA1ymYcHQIhJDCDqc6mxDAPaEBqIWQkoNm3mddJr3s3EaVj3n1aAI9X3aSx5DciqWhDZDVe9b7opYx1E8/s856/fox+bunny+bird.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="856" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzNcPowmUZrb1Sh4A_s9bbRWapaDjHPmHE96B0kU95XxyUv38eKZiF9es5IoA1ymYcHQIhJDCDqc6mxDAPaEBqIWQkoNm3mddJr3s3EaVj3n1aAI9X3aSx5DciqWhDZDVe9b7opYx1E8/w640-h570/fox+bunny+bird.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even wedding cakes aren't safe from foxes, bunnies and birds around here!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoHXrLkL9LNwipd9l6AxvaxWjTJ2bWbjALQkGjUrsypxSE1WEJ36GWxAcO2zUu64FboQUTa-3aDueXC7ymhdPUDFovds2ztdVViS815rJhgcosxefhJwsyBQ1aje3P-QuMoLTwO3r7cg/s720/shark2.sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQoHXrLkL9LNwipd9l6AxvaxWjTJ2bWbjALQkGjUrsypxSE1WEJ36GWxAcO2zUu64FboQUTa-3aDueXC7ymhdPUDFovds2ztdVViS815rJhgcosxefhJwsyBQ1aje3P-QuMoLTwO3r7cg/w426-h640/shark2.sm.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SHARK! (cute baby thresher shark)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8-ZbZfdM-8oxYOlHAqjGqk3pJQQbJJTlrgN1LW2HE9JZ1RJ8yVKignp4tz_qEuwRbnPjF4_1YoN445GBoBWZs1hVRzYoiL9-4B3uVfGK1DYeVqoRxhnxZCcIOAjoBhaJhaF-TkDpo6Y/s1098/monkey+cakes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1098" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8-ZbZfdM-8oxYOlHAqjGqk3pJQQbJJTlrgN1LW2HE9JZ1RJ8yVKignp4tz_qEuwRbnPjF4_1YoN445GBoBWZs1hVRzYoiL9-4B3uVfGK1DYeVqoRxhnxZCcIOAjoBhaJhaF-TkDpo6Y/w640-h326/monkey+cakes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monkeying around from very early on in my cake making days<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvtqmY1vKxT0aVr68B5bE3gsvni5E6FP8Mi16x1hJ9M-CagMla1jMwP8YSyZvbwyMrs4Z8FJSuoMrgKFutmZd-lc19PLe8241BFZr8nRzZ5iZzJsCsT1PuY3-0RCQv1g03sYc-W6SIJU/s1280/Stork+cake.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="1280" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvtqmY1vKxT0aVr68B5bE3gsvni5E6FP8Mi16x1hJ9M-CagMla1jMwP8YSyZvbwyMrs4Z8FJSuoMrgKFutmZd-lc19PLe8241BFZr8nRzZ5iZzJsCsT1PuY3-0RCQv1g03sYc-W6SIJU/w640-h582/Stork+cake.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This stork is smuggling in some furry friends to greet his bundle of joy. (Find the hidden bunny) <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWkOyMNQdIZ0n531kHgysUyysJpt0te7tlBxE28T5ICquB1Bv64pOfUyo3URSaNPRgqKZwr1zNNcbHFwLoftZ3OZ9j9_89_U_dnYIyEvgqFWzL3dIcvXL5QdIVGx75aiA0asQuqldsuQ/s1231/elephant+cakes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1231" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWkOyMNQdIZ0n531kHgysUyysJpt0te7tlBxE28T5ICquB1Bv64pOfUyo3URSaNPRgqKZwr1zNNcbHFwLoftZ3OZ9j9_89_U_dnYIyEvgqFWzL3dIcvXL5QdIVGx75aiA0asQuqldsuQ/w640-h380/elephant+cakes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Elephant Cakes.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">And as for the Dogs and the cats, I haven’t forgotten them! </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Its just that there are so many that I’m going to save them for another post.</span><br /></h2></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-59661608383092539102018-12-12T22:01:00.002-05:002018-12-12T22:41:14.342-05:00GINGERBREAD CASTLE rides the rails from The Neighborhood of Make-Believe North to Rochester!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.eastman.org/">the George Eastman Museum</a>, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">whose collections of photography and cinema are among the best in the world, invited me to create something for their </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.eastman.org/holidays"> Sweet Creations</a> </span>holiday gingerbread display, I immediately thought of this years film, <span class="st">Won't You Be My Neighbor?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2 TBSP powdered unflavored gelatin <i>I use either <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Lakes-Unflavored-Gelatin-Regular/dp/B00DVEXIBA/ref=sr_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1532184545&sr=8-4&keywords=great+lakes+collagen+unflavored&dpID=51pe-S1SJBL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch">Great Lakes</a> or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Knox-Gelatin-Unflavored-Individual-Packets/dp/B007Y3HM5C/ref=sr_1_5_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1532184635&sr=8-5&keywords=knox%2Bgelatine&dpID=51tpfvOTRnL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1">Knox</a></i></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18New York, NY, USA40.7127753 -74.005972839.9423093 -75.296866299999991 41.483241299999996 -72.7150793tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-13798432602159659882018-07-19T15:35:00.003-04:002018-07-23T16:02:55.700-04:00Season 1 "Ridiculous Cakes": a Stork, a Weimaraner and a Fashionista Walk into a bar...<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we start seeing our second season of Ridiculous Cakes air on the Food Network over the next several weeks I wanted to take a minute to look back on season one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first season was such a whirlwind experience! It was very exciting to have a film crew right in our space with us...(the sweetest people-- really so kind, giving us tons of space to do what we do). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But even with all that space, it was shocking how quickly cake-building time flew by. It took us a couple of shoots before we figured it out, how to get the cake done the way we wanted it to be and get all of the filming pieces done at the same time. Sometimes compromises (flinch) were made and elements cut for time sake, but the challenge was worth it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*Watch with us this coming Monday night July 23rd for new back to back Cake Power season 2 episodes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We started with </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a story-book stork cake for a very special baby shower. We really focused on every detail, which meant running slightly into the time we had for the next shoot for the Fashion cake. It all worked out, but not without a little bit of compromise, panic and improvisation. The Wegman Dog as Marie Antoinette cake shoot was a few weeks later and by that time, we could plan everything out so that there were no compromises, no regrets!</span><u><b></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They each have their own cake design businesses with their own over-the-top beautiful designs and you can click on their names to visit their websites: </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.saravictoriacakes.com/"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sara Porter, Sara Victoria Cake Design </span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sara can do anything in cake! She specializes in some of the most beautiful wedding cakes, both modern and romantic at the same time, with flowers that are so realistic you would never know they weren’t picked from a garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.tastecouture.com/">Cynthia Hsu, Taste Couture</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cynthia is a master of details, and gorgeous cakes, trained as a pastry chef in Tiawan and an artist in her own right. I've been lucky enough to have worked with Cynthia on dozens of cakes for over seven years. She finds inspiration in art galleries, designer fashion and museums. Look for her article in the current issue of <a href="http://www.cakemasters.co.uk/black-lace-wedding-cake/">Cake Masters Magazine</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.sscakedesign.com/">Sarah Schlesinger, Sarah and Simon Cake Design</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sarah specializes in in these absolutely magical non-traditional, earthy and fine-art related designs. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A classically trained artist, Sarah started in cakes as the lead artist and creative director for Sylvia Weinstock Cakes. I love watching her work, turning simple lumps of modeling chocolate and fondant into delightful creatures. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you also to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/parisa.k85/">Parisa Khan</a> who came to us form the The International Culinary Center and was a super tireless and talented assistant on each of these cakes!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stork cake: </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Season 1 Episode 7 Gold Medal Cake</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dog Cake: </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Season 1 Episode 9 Doggonest Cake Ever Made </span> </span></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-56091380587542783572017-07-03T18:36:00.001-04:002017-08-15T12:08:58.568-04:00Statue of Liberty CakeHappy 4th!! 🎆<br />
I both love it and feel slightly alarmed when <span style="font-size: small;">I make</span> a "portrait" cake, and the guest of honor is at the event, (comparisons will be made ; ) Miss Liberty was for a special <a href="http://tunnel2towers.org/">Tunnel to Tower</a>s fundraising event at the Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey, with <i><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x89c250fe737d466b:0x323808ca7d3370f3!2m19!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i20!16m13!1b1!2m2!1m1!1e1!2m2!1m1!1e3!2m2!1m1!1e5!2m2!1m1!1e4!3m1!7e115!4shttp://www.libertynationalgc.com/!5sliberty+national+golf+club+-+Google+Search&imagekey=!1e1!2shttp://www.libertynationalgc.com/Images/Library/slider6.jpg&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje1vSPxe7UAhXLGz4KHRJwAj8QoioIkwEwCg">the most amazing view</a> </i>of the Statue herself in the Harbor---this allowed for a little fact-checking on location 😁.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After many selfies and some photo bombing by bemused guests... </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and after some protestations, (although I myself always love when the
cake is cut) this chocolate cake was served up with a little vanilla ice cream. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">5. Beginning the hair and crown.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCS-086Hqx2mAumRzGRqu8LweioUoDwJzOov16Z8Oa13k0izVb2MN34qlEhbAi_ZPVxhmo9NtkUC_3mHfxWgCNPDDsG8lPm5JQcOSi7GO2eakXUKBmLir9ZWKX-B46ZY-SzCYzeLh3H0/s1600/Statue+of+Liberty+process.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a><span style="font-size: small;">Once the head, hair and arm are almost completely finished, its time to fit 2 tiers of cake underneath and around those pipes. </span></td></tr>
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you to my amazing 6th grade student helpers, Ava, Bella and Abby!
Shown above making feathers in my favorite cake molds designed by <a href="http://elisastrauss.com/designer/">Elisa Strauss </a>for <a href="https://marvelousmolds.com/">Marvelous Molds</a>, painting Chinese characters in gold luster dust and filling the<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream</span></span><br />
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half sheet cakes of chocolate cake say "Happy New Year" in Chinese.
The characters are made out of fondant and sugar paste, and the cakes
are covered in a chocolate ganache flooded with Rainbow confetti. Ava
(a natural born artist) uses a pencil transfer technique on red fondant
to create the characters. <i>Upper right hand corner:</i> You can see the naked rooster </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the refrigerator </span>waiting to get warmed up with a coat of feathers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you also <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/malenatillouscakedesign/">Malena Tillous</a> </span></span>of <a href="http://mtcakedesign.com/">MT Cake design</a></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and Cynthia Hsu (again!!) for generously volunteering to assist with <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">making and delivering</span> the cake, which was made for the kids at <a href="http://www.friendsseminary.org/page">Friends Seminary</a> school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Left to right: <a href="http://www.cakepower.com/">Kate Sullivan Cake Power</a> with <a href="http://mtcakedesign.com/">Maria Tilous</a> and a small sample of the Rooster visuals we used for reference 🐔.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
can bearly contain myself over how impressed I was with the
wonderful group of students who joined us for an advanced pastry course
at <a href="http://www.ice.edu/">ICE</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Institute of Culinary <span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Education<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to Carve</span> </span></span>a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P</span>olar <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">B</span>ear cake. Each sweet <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p</span>olar <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">b</span>ear<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> ended up having</span> its own very fleshed out individual and delightful personality! </span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel I should start by introducing my bear, Ben. I debated over a number of possible bear names, Beary White, </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nanuk, </span></span>Winona, Antonio Fargus and Little Bear. Little Bear was a close second because ironically he is NOT very little, not to mention the fact that I have <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">very</span> fond memories of reading the Little Bear books to my son--- who is also no longer very little. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Meet </span>Ben. His head is full of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sweet<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> dreams:</span> vanilla and chocolate cake<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, chocolate buttercream and ganache, wrapped in a blanket of vanilla chocolate fondant.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each carved cake project starts with finding photographs of my subject narrowing down shapes and ideas. Once that just-right image is found, I scale it to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the</span> size I'd like my cake to be using a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Artograph-Tracer-Projector-And-Enlarger/dp/B000KNHRG2">Tracer Projector and enlarger</a>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next we c</span>heck and mark measurements on the scaled sketch<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(see below).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The two "tiers" of cake are assembled, filled with a chocolate buttercream, and refrigerated to set up. The bottom tier is carved and doweled. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next, the</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">smaller</span> tier, on its separator board, is set on top and carv<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing continues</span>. Using a templates traced from the<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>sketch the shapes are refined, both by cutting away cake, and by adding a<a href="http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/cake-pops-30434"> cake pop</a> mixture I call cake clay, (cake broken up into c<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r</span>umbs combined with just enough buttercream to make a moist but firm clay<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>like mixture). After refrigerating<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,</span> refrigerating after pretty much every step---cold cake makes sculpting so much easier! the cake is co<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ated</span> in chocolate ganache, which will make for a nice solid foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recipe: One of my very favorite cakes is <a href="http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12063-margaret-brauns-butter-cake">Margaret Braun's butter Cake.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3D: It's very useful to have a three dimensional reference to work from. When sculpting animals I often rely on toys, and I particularly</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> like Schleich figurines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Templates: <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below are the f</span>ootprint templates for shapes of the two separator boards. The bottom tier is assembled on the larger template and is for the base of the bear (note the bump-out for the placement of the paw under the chin). <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span></span>emplate 2 is for the top tier, with the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">second</span> paw template inside of it. The lower part of <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">template 2 has <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a small bump out for the bear's <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">muzz<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">le</span>. The muzzle is<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> added and sculpted o<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ut of cake<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>clay <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on top of the bo<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ard, and the chin<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sculp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ted out of approximately <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a plum sized ball of</span> of modeling chocolate </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">attached underneath the foam<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-core board</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Cake Paper Party has <a href="http://www.cakepaperparty.com/2014/03/make-modeling-chocolate-make/">great tips</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> on making modeling chocolate</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>and a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reliable helpful</span> <a href="http://www.cakepaperparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Modeling-Chocolate-Ingredient-Quantities.pdf">chart of ratios</a> of for different chocolates and candy melts to corn syrup. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ben's Base board: Cut a 14" square of 1/2" foam-core board.
Then cut random triangles from the edges. Some of the cut triangles are then glued to the board. I combined two different shaded of blue
fondant to create a marbleized effect, rolled it out, chilled it and cut it into an
11" circle, and attached to board. Then cover the rest of the board in
white fondant and paint it with luster dust.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-86821712019317532492016-11-02T13:55:00.003-04:002017-06-30T13:07:07.981-04:00The Little Chapel That Stood Cake ⛪️: St. Paul's 250th Anniversary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="ra-caption"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/st-paul-chapel-manhattan-celebrates-250th-anniversary-article-1.2851632">*From New York Daily News article 10/31/16.</a> left to right: Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, music director Julian Wachner, and Rev. William Lupfer take in church cake.</span> <span class="ra-credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">Photograph by Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy 250th Birthday! </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Thank yo</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">u</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span>so much to everyone at <a href="https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/about/stpaulschapel">St. Paul's Trinity Chapel</a> for inviting us to be part of your 250th anniversary celebration!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">St. Paul’s Chapel, constructed in 1766, is the oldest church building in
Manhattan. Located less than 100 yards from the World Trade Center
site, the church became known as <a href="http://www.911memorial.org/blog/remembering-%E2%80%98-little-chapel-stood%E2%80%99">“The Little Chapel That Stood”</a> after it
survived the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>❤️ </b></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "\22 helvetica neue\22 " , "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; text-align: left;">✚</span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> a gigantic shout-out to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the great caker </span>team of volunteers and assistants: </b></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">♥</span><b style="color: #666666;"> Sarah Porter</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> is</span><span style="color: #666666;"> a
very talented artist, a joy to </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">work with and</span><span style="color: #666666;"> did much of the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">heavy lifting</span><span style="color: #666666;"> f</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rom </span><span style="color: #666666;">sculpt</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span> to</span><span style="color: #666666;">
build</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and assembling from top to bottom. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">♥</span></span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </b><a href="http://www.eatgreatcakes.com/home/4581910199" style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Michelle Effron</b> of Eat Great Cakes</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> volunteered tons of time </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oing</span></span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">all </span>of the</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> bak</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and decorating dozens of detail</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ed pieces</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on this </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">labor of love </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">✚</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> countless other above</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">beyond acts of kindness throughout the process... like lugging her own mixer to the studio when ours broke down!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">♥</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cynthia Hsu</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> took time away from her other gorgeous cake projects and swe</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pt</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in like the
Calvary in the final days of production to work her very special magic ✨ </span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">♥</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mtcakedesign.com/"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ma<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lena </span>Tillous</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of MT Cake Design</span></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><span style="color: red;">♥</span></span><a href="https://www.anthonyleberto.com/"><b>Anthony Leberto</b>,</a> Pr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ivate Chef Caterer, Food Stlylist</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for volunteering, painstakingly c<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reating <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">details</span></span> and for cutting the cake</span>!! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>It takes a village to build a chapel cake :-<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">)</span></i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Above: Could not have asked for a better blue print to work from </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">than this vintage Paper model of the Chapel from Mini-Mansion model Kit</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Finding and then building the
model was a great way to wrap my head around how to build the cake. By scaling up the flat pieces I had the perfect set of templates for the components of cake. </span><span style="font-family: "\22 helvetica neue\22 " , "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I LOVE making </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">architectural</span><span style="font-family: "\22 helvetica neue\22 " , "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> cakes, but they are such a puzzle, and having some sort of three </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">dimensional</span><span style="font-family: "\22 helvetica neue\22 " , "\22 arial\22 " , "\22 helvetica\22 " , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> reference makes it so much more manageable!</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-75864896924520786562016-05-22T15:59:00.003-04:002017-06-30T13:35:53.171-04:00The Many Faces of Bee Bee; Dog Cake <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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was a very special cake for me because it is a follow-up for my very
first client from 23 years ago. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That first cake was a bib<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>shaped baby
shower cake that I learned how to make from <a href="http://www.colettescakes.com/">Colette Peter's</a> book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Colettes-Cakes-Art-Cake-Decorating/dp/0316702056">Colette's cakes</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fastforward to today and this cake is the college graduation cake for that same "baby" all grown up and amazing, graduating from Barnard.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Left: A Dog in Paris. Right: The many sides of Bee Bee.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The concept behind the cake was to combine two passions: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A</span> beloved Havanese dog named Bee Bee, with wardrobe and costume styling and design.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Barnard Graduate Bee-Bee</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The real life Bee Bee, perhaps one of the cutest dogs ever.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once the idea for the cake was down on paper, the challenge was to figure out how to execute six different hand sculpted figures in a relatively short period of time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For that, I need to give a huge shout-out to <span class="st"><a href="http://www.mimicafeunion.com/#!about-me/c1se">Sachiko Windbiel</a> from <a href="http://www.mimicafeunion.com/#!blank/c77x">Mimicafe Union</a>!! I met Sachiko at a great <a href="http://www.karenportaleo.com/">Karen Portaleo</a> class recently and was immediately smitten by both her charm and her outstanding work. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">My sculpting medium of choice is usually modeling chocolate <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">♥</span>. But when it comes to making really small figures, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">modeling chocolate</span> can become somewhat less lovable. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">Tiny fingers and toes are always coming undone. I needed to try something else, so I got Sachiko's tutorial video, <a href="http://www.mimicafeunion.com/#!shop/c1g42">How to Make a Standing Fondant Figure.</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st">For me, (very much a creature of habit) there was a bit of a learning curve moving from modeling with chocolate to coaxing shapes out of fondant, but I have to say once I got the hang of it, I was all in. AND no fingers or toes were lost in the process : )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The story <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of this</span></span> Dragon cake,<span style="font-size: x-small;"> I'll call him Elmer Elevator in honor of one of my <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34898.My_Father_s_Dragon">favorite children's books</a>,</span> kind of begins, at <a href="http://www.ice.edu/professional-development/professional-demonstrations--lectures">The Institute of Culinary Education</a>
at its new super gorgeous location near One World
Trade Center in NYC. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">brought <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elmer's</span> unfinished head</span> along to <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">show a physical example of a work<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>in<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>pr<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ogress to talk about how <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the final decorat<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing details are done </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span></span>s part of my talk for their <a href="http://www.ice.edu/professional-development/professional-demonstrations--lectures">Professional Demonstrations and Lectures series</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OK, really, a</span> good rule of thumb is to <i>not</i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">add on </span>any <i>extra</i> road-trips <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for</span> a floated cake component...so I'm grateful that while <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we</span> tempted
fate 3 times, this piece proved to be very hearty and forgiving!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The head of the cake is sculpted out of Rice Krispie Treats and modeling
chocolate<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Elmer's eyelashes and a beard made from cut rice paper <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sprayed with <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gold food color</span></span>. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The long bod<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y</span></span> was red velvet cake filled with a chocolate ganache and
buttercream filling. Both the head and body were covered in fondant,
embossed with patterns and then painted with powdered food color mixed with
lemon extract.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Maria and the Dragon: The
base was built using wooden dowels inset into foam-core boards and
secured with hot glue. The head <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is</span> on a separate
stand that could then be inserted into the full base.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By th<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e time we were ready to build a base for the body, the t</span></span>im<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ing</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had become</span> a<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> troublesome<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">issue</span> for me and I started talking about speeding up the process by simplifying t<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he base structure <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as much as possible and have most of the bod<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y sit flat on the board. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/malenatillouscakedesign/">Malena Tillous</a>, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a very talented <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cake designer who was assisting with the cake, wouldn't hear of it. We talked about some of the options for building it and how much time I thought it would take and how I wasn't event sure the idea would work...but before I could talk anyone out of it, she got to work and had it done in half the time I'd imagined and it was surprisingly sturdy<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...</span>Tri<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">u</span>mph!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Before starting most projects I spend some time researching images on
line. I filled a folder with photos from all different sources for
reference for Chinese New Year parades and Dragons. After struggling with getting the shape of the head right for a <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">long while</span>, I finally hightailed it to <a href="http://pearlriver.com/v3/index.asp">Pearl River</a>
in Soho. (I've loved Pearl River Mart since I was in high school, and
very sadly, I made it there just before they closed their doors for<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ever just</span>
after Chinese New Year in February.) I was so gl<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ad to get there one last time and <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was </span></span>able to get two small
figurines. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">H</span>aving them as 3D references made all the difference. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final Chapter: I got a text from a friend letting me know that the principal of our school had brought a bit of Elmer back from the celebration and placed it in a really lovely showcase in the lobby of the school. Awww! (It made me cry a little)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>While I <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">usually</span> do like to see everything get eaten, I could not have been more surprised and delighted than to see it treated with such care and love.</span></span><br />
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If I close my eyes, I can still hear <i>"The Way You Look Tonight", </i> and taste the chocolate mousse.</h3>
<b>I could say a thousand things about how much I loved this event, and how moved I am at the love and generosity of everyone involved, but I'm going to try to let the gorgeous photographs by photographer <a href="http://www.taniacolamarino.com/">Tania Colamarino</a> <i>(with some friends and family snapshots sprinkled in for good measure)</i> do the talking... </b><br />
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What a fun and fabulous night!! I never cease to be amazed by my friends, (and powerful forces-of-nature), <a href="http://www.pinkcakebox.com/">Anne Heap</a> and <a href="http://www.confetticakes.com/designer.html">Elisa Strauss</a>. They pulled out all the stops to create the first ever<a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/"> Icing Smiles</a> New Jersey Candy Shoppe Cocktail Bop. <i>top right:</i> Anne and her team of "Candy Girls" were absolute Show-Stoppers! <i>bottom left:</i> me, Anne, Elisa and <a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/">Tracy Quisenberry, the outstanding founder of Icing Smiles</a>. <i>bottom right:</i> Amazing Vintage Candy Design Cake from <a href="http://www.pinkcakebox.com/">Pink Cake box</a>!</h3>
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THANK YOU, Team Theresa Fisher (aka BFF)! Yaaay! Theresa devotes a huge amount of love, time and energy to a cause that's very close to her heart, Tunnel to Towers. So when I invited her to be part of a cause that's close to <i>my</i> heart, not only did she jump in, but she jumped in with both feet and all of her heart! Theresa made a special trip in from New Hampshire and brought her both own family <i>and</i> some of her <a href="http://tunnel2towers.org/">Tunnel to Towers</a> family with her. <i>top left:</i> Donna Fisher, Bridget Fisher, Kate Sullivan, Theresa Fisher, Nell Simon and Sierra Coughlin. <i>top right: </i>Nell Simon, Theresa Fisher, Colleen Grace, Amanda Stefanese and Paola Tornabene.</h3>
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Thank you to Marc Coolrecht, Benny Rivera, Sarah Pleitez of <a href="http://citycakes.com/">City Cakes</a>, not only for bringing the muscle and joy to the party...but for the HUNDREDS of amazingly delicious as always cupcakes </h3>
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Hearts of Gold: Meet the Biggars! What can I say? I practically accosted Liz Asaro-Biggar at a party recently and asked her for advice about helping out with a fundraiser. Once she heard about what Icing Smiles was, her immediate response was to say "Can I buy 10 tickets?" Liz and her family added a special magic to the evening. <i>clockwise from top left: </i>sweet Anne with one of her auction prizes; <i>Family photo:</i> Matt Asaro, Steve Biggar, George, Liz Biggar, Jack, Anne, and <span class="_5yl5">Sydney.</span> Treats: Happy little chocolate cake-pop cones based on <a href="http://www.sactownmag.com/October-November-2010/Wayne-Thiebaud-The-First-90-Years/">Wayne </a><a href="http://www.sactownmag.com/October-November-2010/Wayne-Thiebaud-The-First-90-Years/">Thiebaud</a> Painting by Cake Power</h3>
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(George. George's mom told me at the beginning of the evening that he doesn't like candy)</h3>
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<i>clockwise from top left:</i> Donuts! I seriously love this doughnut-shop cake by Christina Pagan! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bobbydbaker1/?fref=ts">Wonderful Robert DeLuca</a> of BobbyDbaker with <span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Vikki Scotti DeLuca" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Vikki Scotti DeLuca" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="1556426258">Vikki Scotti DeLuca;</span></h3>
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I enjoyed meeting Stacey and <b>Orlando León </b> of <a href="http://butterflybakeshop.com/">Butterfly Bakeshop</a> so much! We were able to both bond over what it's like to have a cake business in NY, and it turns out that our kids are about the same age, so we could also compare parenting notes...not to mention discuss and compare the merits of the 2 Yummy signature cocktails of the evening. Cake: Amy Kolz of <a href="http://villagecakecraft.com/">Village CakeCraft </a>made this so crazy adorable (the milk bottle is out of control!) Its alway great to see Denise Passarelli of <a href="http://denisemakescakes.com/index.php">Denise Makes Cakes</a> and Shamar Frisby.</h3>
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<i>clockwise from top left:</i> The Marvelous and Lovely Ladies of <a href="http://www.keremocakes.com/">Keremo Cakes</a> pictured here with the Scintillating and Amazing Cynthia Hsu; The Fascinating Brad Jarman and Jeff Grossman; The Death-Defying Michael Timmons and Jennifer Bunce of <a href="http://hudsoncakery.com/">The Hudson Cakery</a></h3>
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<i>clockwise from top left: </i><span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Stephanie Grajales" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Stephanie Grajales" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="1047384846">The Remarkable Stephanie Grajales and </span><span class="_5yl5">Bethania Gonzalez; A Jewel-like Pulled Sugar Lollipop Cake by </span><span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Lauri Ditunno" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Lauri Ditunno" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="662521806">Lauri Ditunno</span><span data-si="true"> of <a href="http://www.cakealchemy.com/">Cake Alchemy</a>;</span> The Always Delightful Amy Kolz of <a href="http://villagecakecraft.com/">Village Cake Craft </a>and John Kolz; and Raspberry tarts that melt in your mouth.</h3>
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<span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Stephanie Grajales" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Stephanie Grajales" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="1047384846"> </span><span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Stephanie Grajales" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Stephanie Grajales" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="1047384846"><b>I'd like to thank <span style="color: #cc0000;">Michelle Effron</span> of <a href="http://www.eatgreatcakes.com/">Eat Great Cakes</a> (left) for making it look like I had the super hot and <i>sought after</i> silent auction item by revving things up with a good old fashioned bidding war! No really, you rock. </b></span><a href="http://www.sactownmag.com/October-November-2010/Wayne-Thiebaud-The-First-90-Years/">Wayne </a><a href="http://www.sactownmag.com/October-November-2010/Wayne-Thiebaud-The-First-90-Years/">Thiebaud </a>inspired<span class="entity _4v1s" data-fulltext="Stephanie Grajales" data-group="all" data-icon="null" data-select="group" data-si="true" data-text="Stephanie Grajales" data-type="ent:user" data-uid="1047384846"><b> "Ice Cream" Cake: Cake Power</b></span></h3>
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I was so happy and honored to have the amazing people from the Stephen Siller <a href="http://tunnel2towers.org/">Tunnel to Towers Foundation </a>over for a studio visit and cupcake class this week. <span class="st">The kindness and compassion of everyone I've met in the organization continues to blow me away. Please join us next year in September for a very powerful and moving Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="st">*The <i>Tunnel to Towers</i> Foundation honors and supports our first responders and most catastrophically injured service members.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a super fun video tutorial on how to pipe a swirl rose: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2KQjpcG30s">Lindsay Ann Bakes </a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We used a <a href="http://www.globalsugarart.com/hydrangea-flower-cutter-set-of-and-silicone-veiner-by-chef-alan-tetreault-p-32322.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjw44exBRCu8vfS_bPEtNoBEiQACrt001mQvERLHVGluJb7KD3gztIsdw3QFknWXDMjX5xen3AaAipA8P8HAQ&gdftrk=gdfV25706_a_7c2149_a_7c8856_a_7c32322">hydrangea flower cutter set with silicone veiner</a> for making hydrangeas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you Jen, Marie, Theresa, Coleen, Viki, Amanda, Jen, Erin, Sam, Janice, Shelly and Sanny for a really great afternoon! *And Thank you to Maria for all the behind the scenes work!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was thrilled and delighted when I was asked by renowned sculptor and installation artist Virginia Overton to produce a cake of the Whitney Museum for her presentation as part of the Whitney's ongoing series <a href="http://whitney.org/Events/99ObjectsNewWhitney">99 objects</a>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Above:</b> VIDEO excerpts of the event </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;">shot by our good friend, Boaz Halaban</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where to start? The first cut is the hardest... (the royal icing front railings are already down, and I love how they became like sprinkles around the base of cake)</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Architectural consultant: Mané Nalbandyan </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Also to Ryan Oskin, Hillel Katz</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Larry Krone, Matthew Griffin, David Levinthal and of course, Virginia Overton. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the delivery. A thunder-stormy, cobble-stoney delivery. Thanks to Ryan, the cake arrived just fine. (perhaps a little tiny bit worse for wear.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketches made to scale the size of the cake and lots of photos for reference </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mané spent several days, first finding 3D renderings on line to print our 3D model from, and creating at least a dozen pages of block dimensions, footprints and detailing dimensions </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not long go I was asked to make a "naked" cake with fresh flowers and/or fruit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This definitely gave me pause because I'd never made a cake without being <i>completely</i> covered in icing. In fact, 99% of the cakes I make are not only covered with buttercream, but then covered in fondant as well. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As for the flowers, I'd never loved the idea of putting fresh flowers on a cake. I always felt like, "what's the point? the whole essence of what I do it to hand-make decorations, <i>like flowers</i>, that are sugar."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But something about the assignment intrigued me. Maybe it was just timing, or because I like figuring out how to do things I haven't done before and in part just for the sheer simplicity of it. AND I do love flowers. Flowers are so magical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like the majority of my first-time projects, I think I went a little overboard scouring the flower market hunting down the perfect buds. (If you live anywhere near a flower market and you've never gone, you have to go exploring!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I found this great <a href="http://www.gardenista.com/posts/how-to-navigate-the-nyc-flower-market">blog post about navigating the New York City flower market</a>, and then I broke pretty much every rule in the article... but I still recommend it!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rule #1. Plan ahead (not so much) #2: Arrive early (broken) #3: Browse first, buy later (broken!) </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Research:</span> Next I did some seriously unscientific research (thank you, Google) about attaching the flowers to the cake. There are number of different ways to go, and I tried a little bit of each, in my first cake attempt: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wires: cutting the stems very close to the top of the flower and inserting floral wires then wrapping in floral tape</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spikes: cutting the stems fairly short and placing them inside of flower spikes filled with a bit of water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some people also just stuck the flowers directly into the cake; (if you try this, wrap the stems in foil first) </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cake after 1 HOUR. *note:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> this cake is a second version (I can't show the original one yet) made the next day as a study, so the flowers are a couple of days old. All of the flower stems on this test cake were cut, the bottom 2/3's covered in foil and stuck directly into the cake.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Timing: </span>The average wedding reception, not including the cocktail hour, is about 4 hours. I couldn't imagine that flowers would still look good after being out of water for that long, so I tried it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thoroughly unscientific timing experiments: </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Queen Anne's Lace cut down to about a two </span><span style="font-size: small;">inch stem and checked in on periodically over the next 5 hours to see how it would hold up. It</span><span style="font-size: small;"> did surprisingly wonderfully! I detected very little difference from beginning to end. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">BUT I realized my experiment was flawed w</span>hen I tried it out on a cake. I kept the above test subject laying flat on a counter. When the flower is standing upright on a cake you could see it start to wilt over the same amount of time, although it still did really well and I would use it again.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: Rice flower, "Green Magical" Eryngium , Jasmine vine, <span class="_xdb"></span><span class="_Xbe kno-fv">Ranunculus, Black berries on the vine, and...<i>(not sure about this one), birds-nest fern? </i>All <i>except</i> the fern leaf did great and still looked great after 5 hours.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 1/2 HOURS...showing its temporal nature, which to my eye is as poignant and beautiful as ever.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This cake is loosely based on the Raphaelle inspired flower photographs by <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artist/sharon-core">Sharon Core, </a>both of which at their heart depict flowers at those last fleeting moments, beautiful and fully open, and just before the petals begin to fall. While perhaps not best wedding metaphor, I love that moment.</span><br />
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</style>Our school's Lower Grade Halloween party was themed Monsters
Inc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Cake Pops work so well as a quick sweet easy grab at a big event like this, with so many kids running around in costume. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We always love to get the kids involved in making them too. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">At least once a year I forget how tricky I find cake pops to make and I think , "Oh this will be really cute!" and then a week later I can't see straight and swear we all have a touch of carpal tunnel and promise everyone never to do this again...<span style="font-size: x-small;">(at least until next year : )</span></span></div>
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Two pals before their trip to School.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike seems doubtful, but they all (120 of them!) made it safely to the party.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The finished Mike cake with
the mini Mike and Sulley cake pops. The cake's giant eyeball and lid are sculpted from white modeling chocolate and we added an extra layer of white gel color mixed with vodka on the eye
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Close up of mini Mike and Sulley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out those great expressions and eye
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">After a screening of the movie (and a
fine film it is!), and researching all things Monsters Inc, including
some of the amazing cakes and cake pops already out there, we had a
plan. Mike would be chocolate with vanilla buttercream, and Sulley
would be vanilla with chocolate buttercream. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I find the moist chocolate
cake a little harder to work with, but slightly yummier. Both pops
were dipped in Wilton candy melts. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Their eyeballs and horns were
formed from white modeling chocolate. Sulley has some facial structure, like his eyebrows, nose, cheeks and chin, sculpted out of blue modeling chocolate. The final detailing, like eyelids and
fur were painted on with </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">candy melts </span>using a skewer. Their <i>monstrous</i> teeth were piped
last with royal icing.</span></span><br />
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<b>1. The eyes have it! </b>Mike was looking all over the place. We used a large decorating
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chocolate and gave him blue eyes, and added some hair and those signature bushy
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There are some jobs you just can't say no to. I really LOVED the ideas
of giant replicas of sushi and the prospect of making a cake for a
legendary chef. After saying no (because of scheduling), the offer came
back around again, and it was too irresistible...so, I said YES!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The final cake includes 24 handmade pieces of sushi and 12 "Hershey Kisses" all made from rice krispy treats and modeling chocolate. Even the paper tags on the kisses are edible rice paper.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each piece of sushi has a base of rice crispy treats and then covered with a thin layer of fondant. Next modeling chocolate "rice"was added with clear piping gel. The "fish" is made out of modeling chocolate covered in a really thin layer of fondant and then handpainted with food color</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The fondant covered "sushi" was then hand painted in layers of tones of powdered food color mixed with lemon extract. The silver coating on the mackerel in the foreground is done with different shades of silvers coated in a final layer of <a href="http://www.shopchefrubber.com/Silver-Flake-in-Cube-Applicator-200mg/">silver flakes</a>.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It became very clear about half way through the process of making the cake that it was going to take way way longer than I thought it would to make all of the pieces of sushi. We averaged about two to three pieces of sushi per person per day. So we called in the Calvary with the last minute SOS messages and luckily I got some of my favorite people to lend a hand. </span></td></tr>
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What a crazy amount of talent there is out there! I love to see all of
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To make this cake Krista used the pencil transfer technique from our
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I love the 3D flower jumping right off of the painted flower! and the Dr. Seuss inspired black, white<br />
and red designs, and van Gogh styled sunflowers in these vibrant cakes that combine 2D and 3D<br />
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The sweet simplicity of this family line drawing is so fun and delightful.</div>
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(I was so inspired by Anne Heap's painted peony that now I want to paint peonies on everything!)</div>
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It was such a blast making this class because I have such a passion for painting on cakes and I'd love<br />
to share it with as many people as possible! If you'd like to take the class too <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_516_H">click here for a 50% </a><br />
discount link ...<b>and then I'd love to see what YOU do with it!</b></div>
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I was definitely one of those kids who loved Barbies and all things dress-up growing up. So, I really loved seeing this in the subject line of in my inbox:
<a href="http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/barbie-cakes-charles-james-desses-met-gala-2014/#1">VOGUE story/Charles James.</a> Vogue.com wanted to do a story in
anticipation of the Met Gala in honor of Charles James assigning a handful
of bakers to create "barbie cakes" modeled after iconic Charles James
dresses. Yes! I didn't even check my schedule, because it was just too fun to say no to! I
have to admit, I have never made a Barbie cake before, but I have
always been tickled the pure kitsch of it. Then there was also something brazen and ironic, in the best possible way, about draping
her in a gown by the legendary master of complex sculptural fashion
design, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cjam/hd_cjam.htm">Charles James</a>. </div>
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Here's a STEP BY STEP:</div>
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<i>(this Barbie cake is dedicated to <a href="http://thecakegirls.com/">Brenda Maher</a> :) </i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1. Paper dolls: cut out dress templates to a barbie-size scale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2. Barbie gets baked!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3. Cutting circles of moist and delicious chocolate cake for the gown</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4. Clockwise from top left: Barbie wrapped in floral tape, and secured to base with dowel and modeling chocolate; the cake was built by cutting the circles in half and filling with buttercream; a quick crumb coat and carved for basic skirt shape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5. Cover cake skirt with modeling chocolate, and little run trial run with parchment paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6. Drape modeling chocolate with fondant </td></tr>
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To see the full Article:<a href="http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/barbie-cakes-charles-james-desses-met-gala-2014/#1"> 6 Barbie Cakes Modeled After Dresses</a> by Charles James by Mieke ten Have.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-8125544523228542812014-05-20T11:35:00.002-04:002017-06-30T13:36:24.681-04:00Kylie & Icing SmilesAll strapped down and loaded into the ambulance I stared at
the ceiling and started tearing up. "Don't cry lady, you're going to be
fine. You're very lucky," the EMT guy assured with a wink. But that
wasn't what I was crying about. I felt pretty sure I could tell that it wasn't anything too serious, and aside from
sheer the shock of being hit by a car, I was upset because I had a cake due in a few days. All I could think was "how am I going
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I'm fine, I have a fractured leg, but nothing that won't be completely healed in a few months. </div>
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I'd received an Icing Smiles email two weeks earlier, which meant that there's a little kid
far away from home in a hospital receiving treatment on their birthday for something pretty serious
and their parents have reached out to <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/">Icing Smiles</a></span> to arrange for a really special birthday cake.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me on a cake delivery being wheeled around by my friends Tracy Quisenberry from <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/icingsmiles">Icing Smiles</a></span> and Cynthia Hsu, who along with two wonderful and dedicated interns Mariel and Mandakini did most of the heavy lifting on this cake</td></tr>
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I'd been following <a href="http://prayers%20for%20kylie,%20god%27s%20little%20warrior/">Kylie's story on Facebook,</a> and it's utterly impossible not to fall in love with her and her amazing
family. I was so struck by how much faith, love and courage they have
and the enormous positivity and joy in their perspective. You really can't predict the timing and how the kids will be responding to their treatment on the day of their birthday, and Kylie was having a very rough day. It was also Mother's Day. Bree's fondest wish for the day was for her sweet daughter to open her eyes, which she did, repeatedly.<br />
Kylie's family along with <a href="http://www.candlelightersnyc.org/about-us">Barbara Zobian from Candlelighters, NYC </a>had done a beautiful job decorating her hospital room somehow making it festive and filled with love. Kylie's grandfather, Larry greeted everyone with big heart, open arms and stories for everyone. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Kylie's favorite stuffed animals Turtle, Whoo Whoo (blue owl), meow meow, and chirp chirp... Kylie picked the names :) . She is in love w her animals and they all have special jobs to help her," mom Bree told me.</td></tr>
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This is Kylie's 2nd birthday cake. It was also <a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/">Icing Smiles</a> 5,000th cake!<br />
For me it was like coming full circle because I had the honor of making one of their <a href="http://cakepower.blogspot.com/2010/06/icing-smiles-and-ben.html">first cakes</a> four years ago. <br />
Icing Smiles, a national, non-profit organization brightens the birthdays of children fighting cancer and other critical illnesses by supplying specialty birthday cakes for them and their siblings. Their goal of impacting not just the sick child, but their entire family, Icing Smiles makes it their mission to help create lasting memories and a day of normalcy despite hospitalization and illness. Icing Smiles has over 5500 active volunteers across all 50 states delivering not just birthday cake, but real smiles for families undergoing an incredibly strenuous fight.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clockwise from left: one of the amazingly upbeat nurses at the hospital, Tracy, Larry (grandfather/ambassador of good will), Chirp Chirp (valued member of Kylie's stuffed animal support team) and me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finishing up the details, a sea turtle from the San Diego Zoo gets his spots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and Dad welcome us in as Kylie sleeps surrounded by love and her favorite stuffed animals.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The incredibly uplifting Barbara from Candlelighers, NYC compares the real Meow Meow to the cake version while Kylie holds on super tight to mom's hand</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Usually we would make something on the scale of these beanie boos out of rice krispie treats covered in a sculpting chocolate and fondant and the turtles would be made out of cake. For Kylie's cake we carved them out of Styrofoam, and covered them in chocolate and fondant in case she wasn't able to enjoy them on the day of her birthday, they would be there for her when she is more awake.</td></tr>
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Someone commented on Kylie's facebook page recently that <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".2e.1:3:1:$comment739424796108473_739431029441183:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".2e.1:3:1:$comment739424796108473_739431029441183:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".2e.1:3:1:$comment739424796108473_739431029441183:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">they
"prayed that the tubes all over are soon replaced with fingerprint
and cookie crumbs and instead of ventilators and moniter beeps all you
hear are giggles and laughter</span></span></span>." I second that emotion.</div>
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<span id="goog_1323443602"></span><span id="goog_1323443603"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-78471638127335761292014-04-15T10:50:00.004-04:002017-06-30T13:22:16.687-04:00FREE GIVEAWAY in honor of ICING SMILES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cake-Power/201271437134"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>Enter to win a Mega FIVE Craftsy Class GIVEAWAY! </u></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Classes
from Marina Sousa (Just Cake), Anne Heap (Pink Cake Box), Charity
George (Chef Charity), Kate Sullivan (Cake Power) and Elisa Strauss
(Confetti Cakes)! </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_Giveaway" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_Giveaway" border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRKfsXY2ANLfkZj2enGY61WkOu46bSBvLr9lC0ZEumgOve5nor3p4X_iY5L7V_TPczgrcBPLPTA0g4QtLkWBbwk6ufdwoslmvwrqmVzph1uSCsfGzQ8QipV7GaI9RwjE45I3TPoU_lyA/s1600/Icing.Smiles.give5+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">SPECIAL GIVEAWAY in honor of and to help raise awareness about <b>*ICING SMILES</b>, an outstanding nonprofit organization that has provided thousands of custom celebration cakes to families impacted by the critical illness of a child. </span><br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>TO ENTER--</b><i>easy!:</i> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP ONE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icingsmiles">Click here and </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/icingsmiles">Like <b>ICING SMILES</b> on Facebook </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STEP TWO: <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_Giveaway">Click here to ENTER to WIN all 5 CRAFTSY Cake Decorating Classes </a><br />ONE WINNER/5 CLASSES! The winner will be chosen in a random drawing on Tuesday, April 29th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Learn more about the difference they bake and how you can help at http://www.icingsmiles.org/ ! Lets help create more smiles!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Classes:</b> The
winner can choose one class from each instructor, of any of the Craftsy
Cake Decorating Classes offered by Marina, Anne, Charity, Kate and
Elisa. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*A big <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>thank you</b></span> to Craftsy for facilitating our giveaway!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I first learned about <a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/about-us">Icing Smiles</a> in 2010, when they called and asked me to do a cake for an amazing little boy named Ben. Since then, in just four short years Icing Smiles has provided cakes and smiles to over 4,000 kids all over the country.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.parents.com/blogs/goodyblog/2010/06/amazing-cakes-for-ailing-kids/">Parents Magazine covered the story of Ben's cake (click here to read the whole piece), and it starts like this: </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>"In case you ever doubted that cake has made the world a better place, here’s indisputable proof. Maryland-based <a href="http://www.icingsmiles.org/">Icing Smiles</a> creates and delivers fabulously over-the-top cakes to kids battling major health problems."<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-3787396616682341712014-03-24T17:19:00.001-04:002017-06-30T13:25:29.780-04:00The Picture of LOVE: Rolleiflex sl66 CAMERA CAKE... because a bite is worth a thousand words.<br />
My husband is an amazing photographer. He creates a whole and wondrous, completely believable worlds often using tiny model railroad figurines. For his birthday I wanted to combine two of his greatest passions: photography and being an especially wonderful dad. <br />
That's a father-son portrait in the 7 inch wide "camera lens" below:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cake really cried out to be painted in a James-Bondian Gold, for that extra Midas touch.</td></tr>
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The body of the camera is made of two stacked square tiers of Malted Milk <span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">cake (recipe from <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000626155340&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/jenny.mccoy.nyc">Jenny McCoy</a>----soooo delicious!) </span>filled with Caramel Buttercream (<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">made with the most irresistible caramel sauce from <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=313823465327099&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/TahanaCaramels" id="js_3">Tahana Caramels</a>)</span>.<br />
The "camera back" is where you would typically find the film, but in this
case it is a box made out of gingerbread with two gingerbread shelves to hold
many little figures with little stories played out David's iconic photography.
Although the model railroad bride & groom figures that we had as one of our
wedding cake toppers didn't make the final cut, (because the toy bride broke her leg).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I am with our sweet genius friend, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RBICAKES">Ron</a> who came to help celebrate the birthday,
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camera photographs by <a href="http://www.gailalberthalaban.com/">Gail Albert Halaban</a> <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-55411721129074619382014-03-20T17:31:00.000-04:002017-06-30T13:29:49.942-04:00Alexander McQueen Cakes: Couture Confections<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've been a little bit obsessed with the designs of fashion genius Alexander McQueen for years, and I know that I'm not alone. But what I didn't realize, is that there are a bunch of other cake designers (all over the world) equally inspired by Alexander McQueen's designs. This shouldn't come as a surprise, ---the magic and fantasy of McQueen's couture collections translate beautifully into sugar and icing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've made two wedding cakes inspired by Alexander McQueen designs (and I'm working on a third---see, obsessed!) Here they are as well as some of my favorites by other bakers found online, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Le-torte-di-Bia/227225070694266">Bia Cake Design</a> in Italy, <a href="http://www.rooneygirlbakeshop.com/">Rooney Girl Bake Shop</a> in California, <a href="http://www.bobbetteandbelle.com/">Bobbette & Belle</a> in Toranto and <a href="http://maggieaustincake.com/">Maggie Austin Cakes</a> in DC, (oh yeah, and us <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cake-Power/201271437134?ref=br_rs">Cake Power</a> in NY : ) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>*Please let me know if I've missed anyone I would love to add some more pics to this collection!</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by <a href="http://blog.weddingdates.ie/wedding-cake-expert/">Cake Power</a>. Inspiration: Butterfly Topiary Hat <i>by Philip Treacy for Alexander McQueen </i><i>from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's show </i><a href="http://www.gardendesign.com/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty">Savage Beauty</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by Cake Power. Inspirations: <span class="st">Sarah Burton's</span> Monarch Butterfly dress for Alexander McQueen & Blue Kaleidoscope dress</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by Bobbette & Belle. (Same butterfly Dress; very different butterfly interpretation!) "This cake we created for an editorial had hundreds of hand painted
sugar Monarch butterflies on it. It was inspired by a dress created by
the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen. You may have noticed that
this dress was also featured in the recent HungerGames Catching Fire
movie!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by Bia cake design.<br />
Details: http://letortedibia.blogspot.com/2012/03/una-torta-molto-speciale-alexander.html</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by Rooney Girl. Details: http://cakecentral.com/b/friday-faves-fabulous-french-fashion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cake by Maggie Austin. Details: http://equallywed.com/gay-wedding-planning/cakes-and-sweets/chic-confections-wedding-cake-trends-for-2012.html</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663923279380447517.post-12315854778447859002014-02-15T11:59:00.001-05:002017-06-30T13:28:29.650-04:00Craftsy Class: The Art of Painted Cakes Giveaway!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yay! I am </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">excited </span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to announce my new class on Craftsy<b>!</b></span></span></b></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this class, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you'll learn all the </span></span></b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cake techniques pictured below</span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>,</b> and I'll demonstrate a variety of design-transfer and hand-painting techniques. I'll cover how to choose and scale patterns to fit your projects, as well as tailor your results with different painting techniques and pigments such as luster dusts, metallics and more. Plus, we'll add a sculptural element to your cakes with multi-dimensional sugarwork. </span></span></b>I walk you through how to make each of these pieces step-by-step and discuss all the
other things you can make with these easy techniques! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 6.000000pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">We're going to kick it off this weekend with a special giveaway: Click here to enter and win this class free!</span> <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_Giveaway"> http://www.craftsy.com/ext/KateSullivan_Giveaway</a></span></b> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cake # 1: We'll be creating a 2 tier version of our Koi Cake</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cake # 2: This is the Cascading Circles Cake, I teach each step from design to finish!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cake #3: This is an example of a "tie-dye" technique I've just developed based on a painting technique called Wet-on-wet painting. We'll make a one tier version of this cake with a beautiful articulated butterfly</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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